Hi, I received in my magazine (Linux Format, UK) a dvd copy of the FC2
release, and eagerly installed it.
Previously I had installed test3 of FC2, but it was unable to properly
read/write on my second hard drive:
[root@localhost root]# hdparm -i /dev/hdb
/dev/hdb:
Model=SAMSUNG SP1604N, FwRev=TM100-23, SerialNo=0651J1FW881398
Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=34902, SectSize=554, ECCbytes=4
BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=2048kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
CurCHS=4047/16/255, CurSects=16511760, LBA=yes, LBAsects=268435455
IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2
UDMA modes: udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 *udma5
AdvancedPM=no WriteCache=enabled
Drive conforms to: (null):
Usage:
[root@localhost root]# df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hdb1 153834852 79450276 66570160 55% /mnt/home
It's a new(ish) ~200gig drive, I use to hold all of /home so that
upgrades are painless.
Anyway, when using FC2 test3, I couldn't use the drive at all really, so
gave up and fresh-installed FC1. This worked perfectly, and during all
my non FC2 time, the drive has worked 100% perfectly - never any data
loss or problems. I really do _not_ feel the disk is dying at all
Anyway, firing up FC2 and adjusting /etc/fstab to the following:
/dev/hdb1 /home auto defaults,noauto,rw
0 0
Anway, I created a user EdMack to match the uid and user-dir on the
drive, and logged in.
So, logging in fails. Here's a directory listing from
/home/edmond (edmack's home dir.. I know..)
bash-2.05b$ ls -l
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 5 edmack 503 4096 Jul 3 13:37 Desktop
drwx------ 10 edmack 503 4096 Jun 23 19:00 evolution
?--------- ? ? ? ? ? fonts
?--------- ? ? ? ? ? skype
?--------- ? ? ? ? ? Templates
Trying to visit Templates (once a dir..)
bash-2.05b$ cd Templates
bash: cd: Templates: Input/output error
When trying to write a file:
[ Could not open file for writing: Read-only file system ]
(due to below..)
Here's the dmesg errors (many many times):
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3-fs warning (device hdb1): ext3_clear_journal_err: Filesystem error recorded from previous mount: IO failure
EXT3-fs warning (device hdb1): ext3_clear_journal_err: Marking fs in need of filesystem check.
EXT3-fs warning: mounting fs with errors, running e2fsck is recommended
EXT3 FS on hdb1, internal journal
EXT3-fs: recovery complete.
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
...
attempt to access beyond end of device
hdb1: rw=0, want=274989144, limit=268413957
EXT3-fs error (device hdb1): ext3_get_inode_loc: unable to read inode block - inode=17187087, block=34373642
...
Aborting journal on device hdb1.
ext3_abort called.
EXT3-fs abort (device hdb1): ext3_journal_start: Detected aborted journal
Remounting filesystem read-only
Runnig badblocks -nsv gives me clear (didn't test 100% of disk)
Any information you need I'll try my best to obtain - please help :) I'm
kinda stuck here with no access to about 80gigs of personal data (I've
backed up to cds a lot, but nowhere near all - especially not my most
recent projects..) Any ingenious ways to back up about 80gigs in a home (I'm a student, no techie job)
situation are greatly appreciated ;)
Anyway, Thank you very much for your time and efforts
Ed Mack
